Lead your nation through the trials of the first world war in history! Play huge campaigns with 5 playable nations or fight historic realtime battles. Beside of beating the enemy on the battlefield you now have to set up a working economy to supply your troops and your people!

User reviews:

Overall:

Mixed
(79 reviews)
- 64% of the 79 user reviews for this game are positive.

May 1

The battlefields of the seven years war may have seemed a bit quiet for some time, and now I am happy to tell you why: Work on a successor to The Seven Years War (1756-1763) has started!

I have teamed up with Ilja Varha and Peter Lebek, both of who helped me with The Seven Years project after its release. Our new project is called Grand Tactician, and it's designed to be a series of strategy games, dedicated in bringing to life conflicts from our favorite period in history of war: 17-19th centuries, the era of line warfare. Instead of just a step forward to create a sequel to TSYW, we are going for a full leap, switching to a new engine and improving on the design considerably. At this point I would like to thank all the players of The Seven Years War (1756-1763) for the feedback you have given me. It has been carefully read and taken into account in the new project! We are working hard to improve the design in every way, as well as bringing in a lot of new features we hope you will like.

While Grand Tactician fully occupies my time, the support for The Seven Years War will continue in the background.

We will reveal more information about the progress of Grand Tactician in the new website, as well as social media, so stay tuned! I hope to see you all in the battlefields of Grand Tactician!

Reviews

“When I purchased it I was a bit intrigued about this game. After a few hours of playing it, I am still intrigued about this game.”Real and Simulated Wars

“Empire: Total War stares in disbelief, as a single man slaps its face with a glove. It feels as futile as the Prussian guard's assault at Kolín. But the bayonet is firmly fixed, and the face underneath the grenadier's hat shows determination: Oliver Keppelmüller's strategy game, The Seven Years War (1756-1763) doesn't fawn before bigger titles.”The Pelit (2/16) - biggest gaming magazine Finland

“In an era where developers are pushed by corporate concerns, gamers – especially those interested in understudied topics – should embrace this game and use it as a model for the path our hobby should take.”Wargamer

About This Game

LEAD YOUR NATION THROUGH THE TRIALS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN HISTORY AND LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER!

In the mid 18th century the mighty armies of the great European empires are led into the first global world war, the Seven Years War. While Prussia struggles for existence against a superior alliance in Europe the fight for the colonies between Great Britain and France arises to gather dominance over the North American continent.

Features:

• Play 20 realtime campaigns ranging from the year 1750 to 1762, each with individual goals• Coverage of the complete European and North american theatre with more than 110 cities and provinces including 13 nations• Build up a huge economy with complex product chains to supply your people, armies and fleets• Develop your cities and provinces to gain wealth and recruits and manage economic factors like jobless rates and people's wealth• Establish trade on more than 20 goods with local markets, foreign nations and fight for control of narrow map resources• Use a wide range of diplomatic measures like prisoner exchanges or joint military actions • Build up your armies from a single named regiment to a complex division hierarchy and allocate a huge set of weapons • Trade with natives like Huron or Irokese nations and take influence to gain valuable allies or native units• Manage your officer corps with individual expertise depending on the type of arms and battle experience• Set 10 different politics to change the direction of your economy ranging from trade liberalisation to food rations• Research more than 90 technologies to increase your production efficiency or gain access to new buildings and units• Take control of naval routes to gain access to luxory goods or cut supply to your enemy's colonies• Play city or fort sieges by digging trenches and artillery fortifications • Issue war loans or order coin debasements to improve your financials• Lead your armies to epic real time battles with thousands of soldiers and more than 100 individual unit types• Use the advantages of terrains like increased fire range on hills or reduced cavalry charge in woods• Conquer strategic goals like hills, bridges, cities and buildings to gain victory points• Take the place of the famous generals in huge historic battles like the Battle of Kolin or Leuthen